Whis is Sublimation Printing? Do you Know the The Advantages and Disadvantages of it?

Hello, good afternoon, my dear friend! What is "Sub-li-what-now?!"? Today's topic is about sublimation transfer printing. If you’ve ever wondered what this strange-looking word  actually means – then wonder no more. it’s a high-tech printing process for apparel. Today we’re going to pick it apart – we’ll cover what it is, how it works, discuss the pros and cons. please read this article follow me!

What is sublimation?

Let’s start with the broad strokes. What exactly is sublimation?
In simple terms, it’s a method of printing that transfers a design into a material or fabric using ink and heat.

In the world of apparel, it’s a game changer in that it allows whole garment prints – designs that go seam-to-seam.

The Sublimation Printing Process
So how does it work? Well, sublimation printing uses heat to essentially bring sublimation transfer ink and fabric together as one.
First, a design is printed onto special paper. The inks that are used turn into gas when brought under heat, then combine with the fabric and permanently print onto the fabric. The effects are permanent and less prone to fading, as the sublimation ink is embedded in the fabric or substrate rather than simply laying on top like a normal print.

The process is almost like a tattoo, but instead of for your skin, it’s for your chosen product. The heat opens up the pores of the fabric, then with the applied pressure the dye sublimation ink cools and returns to a solid form.
The result is a permanent, full colour image that won’t crack, peel or wash away from the substrate, the process allows the ink to go from a solid to a gas without turning to liquid, a bit like dry ice, the conversion is initiated by the heat and controlled by pressure.

This quick and effective digital print method is growing in popularity for smaller batch orders and those designs that rely on the details. The process is also known as ‘all over printing’ as it allows you to choose a design that can literally go from seam to seam.

The advantages and disadvantages of sublimation printing

The Advantages
The most exciting upside when it comes to this method is purely the freedom you have with your designs, which is not always offered by other methods.

On one side of the spectrum you can go as crazy as you like. Why not print a whole T-shirt that looks like a burger? Or a cat flying across (a beautifully printed) galaxy background?

Equally, you might want to keep it classy with a photo of a famous skyline or landscape. The possibilities are almost endless, which will keep you coming back for more.

The longevity of the design is a plus point, with a design that won’t crack, peel or fade. Even after going through the washing machine countless times, your garment will never be demoted to the back of your wardrobe!
Sublimation printing is suitable for small batch orders, seam-to-seam designs and garments with a large number of design variations and applications.

The Disadvantages
The Cons lay mostly with the choice of materials. Sublimation printing is only suitable for garments that include polyester (100% polyester or polyester blend). Although sublimation is possible on other materials such as cotton, the image will not be permanent as it is on ‘man made’ fabric and it isn’t recommended.
If you wanted to go for the vintage/distressed look, which is all the rage right now, choosing a fabric with a lower percentage of polyester in it would give you that finish.

Another potential problem to watch out for is white creasing. Sublimation works by printing a design into white fabric, and if there are areas of the garment that are unreached by the design, they’ll stay white. This can be caused by accidental folding or small amounts of moisture that accumulate on the transfer paper.

Okay, this all I tell you about the sublimation printing, if you want know more, please contact us online at any time.
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Improve The Accuracy of Your Sublimation Printer-----More People Will Be Attracted By You

  Hi, Glad you are will to click my blog.We all know to improve the accuracy of the color of the sublimation printer can produce a brilliant picture to attract the attention of the eye. So when you buy a photo machine to consider the accuracy, speed and performance is relatively stable photo machine, especially in the pictorial printing of the color of the higher accuracy as possible. So today I will show you how to improve the accuracy of the sublimation printer .
  Firstly, The most important parts of the printing process are the sublimation transfer ink and the sublimation transfer paper , of course the high quality sublimation printer is also necessary.High-quality printing materials coupled with high-quality printing equipment, and high-tech technology, you can easily spray the customer satisfaction of the color effect. So the choice of materials on the user is best to use the original ink is more appropriate, and in the course of the use of ink is not easy to replace, because the use of good ink when the degree of color reduction is relatively high. If the use of poor quality ink is not only the effect of the poor and easy to plug the pictorial print head , resulting in damage to the sublimation printer is worth the candle.

  Then the high quality sublimation transfer paper. The paper is the material for loading the patterns printed by the sublimation printer. So have a high transfer rate is really very import , a high transfer rate can help you transfer your patterns to the fabric with vivid color. Also your paper should be smooth and flat enough ,if your paper is wave the patterns printed by the sublimation printer will be ghosting.

  These all above is my shallow cognition about how to improve the accuracy of the sublimation printing. If you have and question or needs welcome to contact us at any time.We are a professional sublimation printing material manufacturer in China and we can try our best to provide you the best product and service.Thank you for your reading.




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Do You Know What Should We Pay Attention to When We Doing A Sublimation Transfer Process?

  Hi,Thank you for your click with my blog.From my last articles you can see that I have introduced you a lot of the sublimation materials,such as the sublimation ink, sublimation paper , sublimation printer and the roll to roll heat press machine.Also I shared you about how to distinguish these products and how to use it in a right way. And now you must have known that all these materials just used for the sublimation transfer process. But do you know what we should pay attention to when we use all the sublimation materials for the sublimation process at the same time. Okay, just continue your reading and today I will share you all the attentions.

  1.What is dye-sublimation transfer ? Sublimation transfer is the portrait, landscape, text and other graphic using inkjet printer equipped with thermal transfer ink in reverse image printing method in the sublimation transfer paper, and then through the thermal transfer equipment heated to 200 ℃ , The dye-sublimation ink on the termal transfer ink will be in the form of gas into the substrate, so that the image on the paper vivid color transfer to textiles, porcelain cups, porcelain, porcelain, metal and other materials of a new process.
  2.Use a dedicated dye-sublimation transfer ink.Be sure to use dye-sublimation transfer ink, the use of disperse dyes made of ink at the transfer temperature will produce sublimation and dyeing with the substrate. Good quality sublimation ink should not block the nozzle, color fidelity, good stability.
 3.Adjust proper color concentration.Adjust the color concentration in the computer to avoid too much ink is not easy to dry situation, adjust the need to check the effect of the thermal transfer.

  4.Adjust the proper thermal transfer temperature and time.Thermal transfer temperature range of about 180-230 ℃, time of about 10-30 seconds, in the official batch transfer should be done before the small test to determine the best process parameters.
  5.When Thermal transfer the hot surface must be close.In the heat transfer when the hot surface, transfer paper, substrates must be close to the surface, can not have gaps, or there will be transfer of graphic blur.
  These all above is the attention that you should notice when you doing a sublimation process.Finally, I will also have a brief introduction about the advantages of the sublimation.Sublimation transfer printing colorful, rich, and its effect can be comparable with the printing, dye-sublimation transfer is at high temperatures so that thermal sublimation ink sublimation into the object, condensate, after the formation of bright colors of the image. Therefore, thermal transfer products durable, the image will not fall off, cracking and fading.

   If you have any needs or question with the sublimation materials welcome to contact us at any time.Thank you for your reading.




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